chimama

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1. Career Ladders

   chimama replied to OneChattyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   It is naive to think that a career ladder is a recruitment/retention tool.It is a stressor to the staff and a creation of ivory tower nurses who live in the land of NANDA.

2. Heparin Error - Distraught

   chimama replied to tulips79's topic in General Nursing

   So sorry for your error.Don't beat yourself up. I have to ask, because I have noticed a tendency to take things at face value lately, was the mis-communication information out of the ordinary? I have noticed lately that some nurses are not questionin...

3. Plano, Texas

   chimama replied to par72's topic in Texas

   I worked several areas at this hospital and enjoyed them all except the CV unit. The doctors were EXTREMELY rude...and this was the opinion of the ER docs also.It is a beautiful hospital and the staff is very nice.I worked everywhere but the CV units...

4. Nurses and Blood Draws?

   chimama replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

   I have drawn buckets of blood in the past 30+ years! I am the one the Phleas come get when they can't get the blood.I am not overqualified, undertrained, or "bad" at drawing blood.

5. Have I made a mistake?

   chimama replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You poor thing! In the unit I work new grads are given about 6 months of orientation and I have precepted for as long a three months because the grad felt she needed it. I think your manager is taking a HUGE risk having someone so inexperienced, eve...

6. I'm sorry, but some nursing diagnoses are just ridiculous!

   chimama replied to klone's topic in General Students

   I have always maintained that there is no such thing as a "nursing diagnosis" This entity was created by those who live in the land of NANDA, speak nursespeak,and will not accept the fact that a "nursing care plan" is just and always has been a silly...

7. Drug Seekers- the Wrongfully Accused

   chimama replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

   Why do we care so much about all this? If I am in an ER and a patient tells me he has a migraine and needs Demerol, he should get Demerol. If he says he wants Torodol, he should get Torodol. Why should I get my panties all in a wad about drug-seekers...

8. Was my professor delusional this morning?

   chimama replied to goodknight's topic in General Students

   :chuckle Don't guess she knows her stuff that well! I am an ADN with 32 years experience. I have had ACLS, PALS, NRP,TNCC,RNC,and of course BCLS.No one ,ever, anywhere in the world(Ihave worked in Europe and the Middle East) has ever asked me about...

9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   chimama replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   I totally know what you mean there! I work NICU and I hate it when a parent says...usually during CPT on another baby..."Does that hurt the baby?" I so want to say "Yeah...we are into hurting babies. That's what we're all about" (you idiot!)

10. Husband appaled when I chose to do nothing

    chimama replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just stopped at a horrible looking accident and there were TONS of people helping. They seemed to be doing the right thing...the girl wasn't actually injured in an acute was, ie bleeding, LOC,ect.I stayed for a few minutes till I saw all was under ...

11. Bedside surgery with no sedation

    chimama replied to Kiwi's topic in CRNA

    If patient advocacy is the issue then why don't we name names and places?Who was this doc? Where did this torture session take place?Does stating the truth with names and places violate some kind of forum rule?I have always wondered why don't we just...

12. Night Nurses-Pts think we sleep?

    chimama replied to dosamigos76's topic in General Nursing

    They won't let us drink at work anymore!They take all the fun out of everything! :rotfl:

13. Help am New DON FOR LTC

    chimama replied to nursemid02's topic in LTC Directors

    I have been DON in three LTC facilities. The only thing that is going to change the "culture" of where you work is for you to be able to pay your staff more and start over. That is not going to happen. LTC is a lose-lose situation.You will have no l...

14. New nurse, working with cancer pts with advanced disease...

    chimama replied to 5150dx's topic in Hospice

    Don't think of the situation as a long drawn out death. Think of it as the rest of your patient's life.They are living right up untill the moment they die.You can establish a relationship and a trust with them so that you can assist them in acheiving...

15. The Pain Scale - too subjective IMO

    chimama replied to FZ1Tom's topic in General Nursing

    I really don't need a pain scale. I know this is probably blaspheny but I just ask "Are you hurting" and assess my patient and give them pain medication if they hurt. Why do I need a scale? Am I not going to medicate them if I get a low number from a...